Mitt Romney’s the second most attacked, with 29, and the only person who’s taken near as harsh a beating as Perry and Romney is Herman Cain, who’s received nine verbal attacks.

The aggressors are a little more unexpected. Jon Huntsman, who’s almost hit rock bottom in the polls, has lobbed 19 verbal attacks–10 of those at Romney, nine at Perry, and one each for Bachmann and Cain.

And Rick Santorum seems to be using most of his time to attack his opponents. Despite speaking for only 20 minutes over all three of the last debates combined (the second lowest amount of speaking time of all the candidates), he’s issued 18 verbal attacks. Santorum’s a bit more egalitarian than Huntsman, though; eight of those were for Perry, four for Cain, and two each went to Huntsman, Paul and Romney.

Perry himself has issued only 14 attacks, with 12 of those going to Romney, and one each for Cain and Santorum. But Romney’s more than reciprocated, issuing 13 verbal attacks right back at Perry.

The only candidate to emerge unscathed from the debates? Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

Looks like what your mom told you in grade school is true: the more popular you are, the more people will try to tear you down. Which raises the question of what will happen now that Perry’s popularity is waning. Will Cain, who enjoyed a meteoric rise in the polls this week, be the new target at the next debate?